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Faux Coyote Scares Away Birds

by Charlie Nardozzi

From the manufacturer who brought you the scare-eye balloons and faux owls to help ward off unwanted birds comes another faux predator for your yard. The faux coyote is not just a one-dimensional cutout of this prolific predator. The decoy is three-dimensional and the tail moves with the breeze. It gives birds, such as Canada geese and seagulls, and land animals, such as skunks and rabbits, the impression that a predator is lurking about. The decoy is attached to a stake that you stick in the ground.

As with any stationary scare tactic, it helps to move it around the yard every few days so the birds and animals dont get used to it. Also, its suggested that you spray coyote urine around the area to give animals a sensory, as well as visual, cue.